Implement for cleaning water-closet bowls



(No Model-) L. 0. HOWELL, Jr.

IMPLEMENT FOR GLEANINGWATER CLOSET BOWLS. No. 265,319. Patented Oct. 3,1882.

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NITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

. LEWIS O. HOWELL, JR., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPLEMENT FOR CLEANING WATER-CLOSET BOWLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,319, dated October3, 1882.

Application filed June 28, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS O. HOWELL, Jr., of Philadelphia, county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Implements for Cleaning the Bowls ofWater-Closets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates especially to domestic implements, being animprovement upon the device shown and described by me in an applicationfora patent for an improvement in implements for cleaning the bowls ofwaterclosets filed February 28, 1882.

My present device consists essentially of an inverted cone, constructedof rubber, molded solid, or with a core of wood or other suitablematerial. Said cone is corrugated either vertically or horizontally, orin both directions, and provided with a handle for manipulating Insteadof being molded of one piece, the cone may be constructed of disks ofrubber, felt, or other flexible material, each disk decreasing in sizefrom the base of the cone, thus presenting a corrugated or unevenrubbing surface; and my invention involves certain novel and usefulcombinations or arrangements of parts and peculiarities of construction,all of which will be hereinafter first fully described, and then pointedout in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device, andFig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a planview of the base of the cone. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a coneconstructed of separate disks of flexible material, and Fig. 5 shows avertical central section therethrough. I

Like letters of reference, wherever they occur, indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

A is a cone composed of rubber, molded in one piece, orof disks offlexible material. Illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. When made of a singlepiece the center of the cone may be formed of a core of wood, A, orother suitable material, which will reduee the cost of the completedarticle, while at the same time its efficiency will not be impaired.

B is a handle, of wood or other material, attached to the cone.

A is a lip extending from the base of the cone, as plainly indicated.This lip' is employed for reaching the upperedge of the bowl when thesame is bent over or is covered by the seat-board.

As shown in Fi 1, cone A is corrugated, one half of its circumferencebeing provided with vertical corrugations a and the other half withhorizontal corrugations a.

In using the implement, when it is desired to remove any substance fromthe surface of the bowl corrugations a are brought to bear against itssurface, and an upward and downward motion is imparted to the device;but when it is desired to reach the edge of the outlet from the bowlcorrugations a, are presented to the part to be cleaiied, and a twistingmovement is imparted to the instrument. Thus by its peculiarconstruction all parts of the bowl may be reached and thoroughlycleaned.

If desired, handle B may be provided with a cone at each extremity, allthe corrugations on one of said cones being vertical and upon the otherhorizontal. When the cone is constructed of a series of disks offlexible mate. rial the handle B should extend a greater part of the\va-ytherethrough, in order to insure the maintaining of the variousparts in proper position.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

,1. An implement for cleaning the bowls of water-closets, consisting ofan inverted corrugated or ribbed cone-constructed of flexible material,as set forth, said cone being provided at its base with a handle,substantially as shown and described.

2. In an implement ofthe character herein specified, corrugated orribbed inverted cone A, bearing lip A core A, and handle B, the wholecombined and arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand inthe presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS O. HOWELL, JR.

Witnesses:

F. W. HANAFORD, A. M. PIERCE.

